OK so how bigs yours?

[lebesset]

2 x 75 watt poly's and as from yesterday 1 75 watt mono ...I think
maybe somebody can tell me how you can tell the difference at a glance

although we rarely put on the telly , the 17 inch laptop gets used a lot , internet , dvd's etc , maybe 6 hours a day between us [ I play bridge on line ]

with 2 panels we struggled if the weather was less than bright sunlight , hopefully we will be ok now

batteries , 2 x 110 amp

 

[veletron]

Hi

130W panel feeding 3x85AH batteries via a stecca charge controller (the ones with the LCD display). Can get 9A out of it in summer, but lucky to get 1A out of it in winter. Always wild-camp so never have EHU. Have a sterling 50A B2B to juice up the batteries quickly between stops.

Will fit some hinges this summer so I can angle the panel for winter - should also help to keep the snow off it.

Nigel

 

[Minxy]

We bought a 75w Alden panel off eB*y last year - going very cheap! We already had a 110a battery so added another.

Our power consumption isn't massive - we like to watch videos (have a separate 12v video player), rather than 'direct' TV programmes, but usually max of 1 hour a night, have changed to mostly LED lights (where we can). However, we've just bought a 12v 20" widescreen LCD TV (PAL & SECAM) with built in DVD player for £135 new (Akura) and won't use the 12v video player anymore, so the amount of power used will go down from about 85w to 47w now.

 

[Geo]

Right guys interested in how much solar power you have?

174 PETAWATTS (174,000,000,000,000,000) watts. same as eveyone elseoh:

 

[American Dream]

174.0 PW on a sunny day as well....

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[old-mo]

OK so how bigs yours?
Road Runner ?


About 5ft X 2ft... :Confused:

 

[DandG5515]

At last a technical question I can answer - None

Dale

 

[Miss Piggy]

I have a SunWorks DB2C and it's been great for the last eight years. I have two 120 watt panels connected in parallel. My last set of batteries (the cheapest I could find) lasted seven years with this system. That's pretty good! It's this one: https://sunworks.co.uk/product/dual-battery-solar-charge-controller-db2cblk/

 

[ianthebuilder]

I got 2 panels on the roof,, two leisure batts,, but have no idea what they are in power?
How would I find out?

 

[CazPaul]

I got 2 panels on the roof,, two leisure batts,, but have no idea what they are in power?
How would I find out?

That's the problem with buying a van when they are already fitted, you should have a rough guess, do you have a battery monitor, rough size of the panels, does it not say on the side what they are if you go up there?

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[Richard Birkett]

2 no 100W Monocrystalline flat panels (curtesy of Vanbitz) and an Alden 100W Phenix self tracking one so nominally 300W but if you believe the advertising for the Phenix (up to 5 times more efficient) max 700W and 2 no 190 ah batteries.

 

[funflair]

4X80watts solar and 4x80ah battery, and then a 2kw inverter to keep it all busy.

Martin

 

[Gooney]

Another old post from June 14th 2009, whatever happened to Road Runner?

 

[Reallyretired]

3x100w and 1x 80w. I wanted to be independent of ehu but swmbo likes sites so a lot of the time a bit superflous. At least keeps all batteries charged in storage.

 

[two]

No panels, 0W.

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[mitzimad]

I got 2 panels on the roof,, two leisure batts,, but have no idea what they are in power?
How would I find out?

compare the physical sizes with those on ebay.Weve got 180w of solar and the same in ah of batterythe main difference between mono and poly is the actual size of the panel for a given output if your tight for space you can get more watts of mono in practice you wont see any difference although im sure if yoru a monitor watcher youll disagree

 

[Ralph-n-Bev]

Another old post from June 14th 2009, whatever happened to Road Runner?

That’s what I thought . Is he still with us ?? Not seen him on the forum for years ?

 

[Lenny HB]

May be an old thread, might as well join in.

2 X 100 watt on the roof.
1 X 100 watt in the dining room waiting for some weather warm enough to fit, too cold for the goo at the moment.
Looks like I'll be taking ladder and panel to Spain in a couple of weeks.

 

[stewartwebr]

I have 4 x 120watt solar panels feeding a Mastervolt MLI Ultra 12/5000 Lithium Ion Battery (360Ah) Battery which supplies the 3Kw Inverter. In reality I don't really have much need for such a large solar system with the Lithium Ion Battery as it can be discharged down to as low as 5% capacity and charges to full capacity in around 3 hours. The solar panels were on the previous van so I removed them and fitted then only because I had them. We had six days without hook up using everything we needed without constraint including about 5 minutes use of the microwave each night and the battery never went below 35%

 

[Robert Clark]

5 panels - 600w in total

Can’t have too much solar, especially in the U.K. and in the winter months in Europe.

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[big map]

Another old post from June 14th 2009, whatever happened to Road Runner?

That’s what I thought . Is he still with us ?? Not seen him on the forum for years ?

He’s living in Bournemouth and posting on Facebook frequently. It would appear he has some health and mobility issues according to his Facebook posts.

 

[Freespirit1]

340 watt (4 x 55 watt and 1 x 120 watt series connected ) cigs type. Yes they do look like they are painted on - they are self adhesive and only 3mm thick! and third the weight of frame type. Plenty room for more if ever required

 

[Freespirit1]

 

[funflair]

340 watt (4 x 55 watt and 1 x 120 watt series connected ) cigs type. Yes they do look like they are painted on - they are self adhesive and only 3mm thick! and third the weight of frame type. Plenty room for more if ever required

What regulator are you using for that little lot?

Martin

 

[Freespirit1]

What regulator are you using for that little lot?

Martin

https://www.photonicuniverse.com/en...els-up-to-520W-12V--1040W-24V-up-to-150V.html

I had bought the controller and a couple of semi - flexible panels but hadn’t fitted them ( thank goodness) before I found the far better CIGS panels - so bit the bullet and ditched the panels but used the controller.

It’s fine - but will eventually replace it with one from the panel suppliers at:

https://mipvsolarpanels.co.uk/

I have a discount code if you p.m. me

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[manda3000gt]

620w throu MorningStar MPPT controller into 8 x 6v Trojan T145’s

 

[scotjimland]

Another old post from June 14th 2009, whatever happened to Road Runner?

scroll down to John Andrews


his last posts on here were Jun 2015 .. after that .. who knows
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/missing-people-wales-can-you-7919643

 

[hilldweller]

340 watt (4 x 55 watt and 1 x 120 watt series connected ) cigs type.

You've got me beaten. I can't work out how that works. I can work out near 100V which is unusual. But how the currents combine beats me.

The problem is 4 will put out say 5A the other 10A so how does 10A find it's way through the 5A panels.

Can anyone work this out ?

 

[funflair]

You've got me beaten. I can't work out how that works. I can work out near 100V which is unusual. But how the currents combine beats me.

The problem is 4 will put out say 5A the other 10A so how does 10A find it's way through the 5A panels.

Can anyone work this out ?

I was told by Votronic not to series link so ran all mine parallel.

Martin

 

[Freespirit1]

You've got me beaten. I can't work out how that works. I can work out near 100V which is unusual. But how the currents combine beats me.

The problem is 4 will put out say 5A the other 10A so how does 10A find it's way through the 5A panels.

Can anyone work this out ?

Yes - but will give others a chance first - here’s a clue:

Hazy sunshine - outside temp.17C.
Display presently reading
Solar 107.6v. Current 0.3A
Battery Full 13.8v Current 2.2A - basically trickle charging.

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